Title :
Optical fiber bending limits for optical fiber infraestructures
Author :
André, P.S. ; Rocha, Ana M. ; Neto, B. ; Martins, André ; Facã, M. ; Pinto, J.L. ; Teixeira, A.L.J. ; Nogueira, R.N. ; Lima, M.J. ; Incerti, G. ; Forin, D. ; Beleffi, G. Tosi
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
In this work the high power propagation in tight bent fibers was studied. The signal losses and the temperature increase have been experimental measured for single mode optical fibers (SMF) as function of the bending diameter. These results were used to propose an approach to limit the bending diameter, as a function of the injected power, in order to maintain the operational condition bellow the safety limit.
Keywords :
bending; light propagation; optical fibres; bending diameter; high power propagation; optical fiber infrastructure; signal losses; single mode optical fibers; Coatings; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fibers; Safety; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Wavelength division multiplexing; FTTH; Fuse effect; Raman; Temperature; WDM;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 2009. AFRICON '09.
Conference_Location :
Nairobi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3918-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3919-5
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308083
